Fr. Jim's Jots - Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 7, 2021

 Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

November 7, 2021

Fr. Jim's Jots

Greetings!

Your help is needed!  This sure has been a challenging year for St. Elizabeth but we are managing to keep going with the grace of God.  I am so pleased we hosted the closing Mass for the retreat "Our Faith Our Story: Black Catholic Identity and Culture."  A big thanks to all who helped in any way with the Mass and reception.  Special thanks to the Community Life ladies!  They have been hosting receptions for countless events.  Thank you ladies; you are a blessing and we never take for granted your countless workings of hosting charity and hospitality.

November is a month when we remember our Faithful departed.  We have "The Book of the Dead" in the front of the church by the Crucifix.  Please write the names of any relatives or friends who have died this past year.  My mother, Patricia Arsenault, died less than two weeks before she was able to get the vaccine for COVID.  It was a painful and difficult death.

We as a community have had so many loved ones die throughout this past year.  Our Sisters and Brothers have gone to rest in the Peace of Christ.  May the Lord now welcome them to the table of God's Children in Heaven.  With faith and hope in eternal life, let us assist them with our prayers.

Let us pray to the Lord also for ourselves.  May we who mourn be reunited one day with our Loved Ones, together may we meet Christ Jesus when he who is our life appears in Glory.  Eternal rest grant to them, O Lord, and let your perpetual light shine upon them.  May the Souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.  Please sign "The Book of the Dead" and remember your loved ones.

Blessings,

Fr. Jim 

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